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This year, Marketo is going big. We are hosting 10+ sessions featuring marketing thought leaders from organizations like My Fitness Pal, The Economist, Kaiser Permanente, Mashable, and of course, Marketo! And to learn more about what Marketo has in store for SXSW check out our microsite. Author: Dayna Rothman We can’t wait for SXSW! View the infographic in a new window here. MORE

And in our short history, it sure seems like people want Marketo. First, we heard customers in the UK asking for our technology; in 2011 we took the international plunge and hung the first global Marketo shingle up in Dublin. Needless to say, that shift plays right into Marketo’s hands. Read the full press release on Marketo’s Japanese expansion here. MORE

To answer this question, we caught up with Marketo’s internal thought leaders to hear about the changes they anticipate in the coming year and how they think marketers can prepare. Download the Marketing Predictions slide deck and jumpstart your 2015 preparations: Marketo’s 2015 Marketing Predictions from Marketo. Instead, the marketer will drive the relationship. MORE

As Thanksgiving approaches, I’m pretty thankful for SnapApp’s integration with Marketo. Maybe, but considering how much I’m in Marketo, and how much I think about ways my campaigns can engage prospects – it’s really not that weird. SnapApp’s REST API can read Marketo cookies! Check out this awesome Marketo LaunchPoint webinar with Marketo/SnapApp customer Cisco. MORE

My first question when Marketo announced its new mobile app connector this week wasn’t, “What cool new things can marketers do?” But one of Marketo’s biggest technical weaknesses has always been an inflexible data model. Sure enough, when I finally connected with Marketo SVP Products and Engineering Steve Sloan, he revealed that the mobile data is being managed through a new custom objects capability – one that Marketo didn’t announce prominently because they felt Marketing Nation attendees wouldn’t be interested. Well, maybe a little.) MORE

Marketo this morning announced a new $50 million funding round, almost exactly one year to the day after raising $25 million in November 2010. All this new information begs for an update of the analysis of Marketo’s finances that I prepared last year. I won’t go into the same details, but the key figures for 2010 and 2011 are: This is good news, in that Marketo has managed to increase the all-important Revenue per Client figure. Remember that Marketo said it has $70 million cash on hand? marketo funding marketing automation industryThere’s some truth to that. MORE

Thousands of attendees are eagerly anticipating a trip to Vegas for Marketo Summit 2016. What this Year’s Marketo Summit Means For Marketing Technology. Going along with this year’s Marketo Summit theme we wanted to explore the firmographics of the sponsors and exhibitors to get a glimpse of where the future of marketing technology is heading. click to view larger). MORE

Introducing Marketo’s Email Lookbook for Spring/Summer 2014 was posted at Marketo Marketing Blog - Best Practices and Thought Leadership. | [link]. Author: Dayna Rothman A really good email is often the difference between a click-through and a direct route into the spam folder. That’s why we have compiled a collection of our favorite emails for our Spring/Summer 2014 Email Lookbook. MORE

But the good folks at Marketo have taken a step in that direction with their latest enhancement, which they call an “engagement program”. The system will go through the content in this order during each execution (which Marketo calls a “cast”), and send each person the first item they have not already received. This is something Marketo might want to reconsider. MORE

The leaders quadrant in this sector is quite crowded, with Act-On , Eloqua , Pardot , and Marketo all jostling for position. Act-On, Pardot, and Genius specialize in smaller companies than Marketo or Silverpop, which in turn serve generally smaller clients than Eloqua or Neolane. Today I’ll present the third and (mercifully?) They have one to fifteen marketing automation users. MORE

At Marketo, we recently decided to restart our social storytelling and are going back to page 1 of our social storybook—without any jargon. We realize that some people may not know what we mean when we say that Marketo is the “best in class engagement marketing platform”. Texts From Marketo. Author: Shanna Cook I’m not reinventing social, I’m just going back to page 1. MORE

Introducing Marketo Institute. Marketo Institute was started in 2014 by Marketo Co-founder Jon Miller. His vision was to gather data across all Marketo customers and provide marketers with fact-based insights and data-driven best practices to help them succeed in an ever-changing digital world. This scene often feels too familiar: You: Yes! Your Boss: Is that good? MORE

Marketo held its annual Marketing Nation Summit this week, hosting 4,000+ clients and partners. The event seemed relatively subdued for Marketo – I didn’t spot one costumed character – but the over-all atmosphere was positive. The company made two major product announcements, expanding the reach of Marketo campaigns into mobile apps and display ad retargeting. Those struck me as strategically valuable, helping to secure Marketo’s place at the center of its users’ customer management infrastructure. By that standard, predictive analytics is still far from overcrowded. MORE

Today we’re excited to announce that we’ve expanded our partnership Marketo to help companies jump-start their ABM initiatives. InsideView is one of a few select Marketo ABM launch partners that will team up to bring ABM solutions to the market. Market Intelligence ABM ABM acceleration ABM tips account based marketing insideview partnership marketo abm marketo partnership sales and marketing alignmentReady to launch an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy, but not sure where to start? With […]. MORE

Marketo wrapped up its three day Marketing Nation conference yesterday, having once more displayed its own marketing prowess by attracting national media attention (see here and here ) with an appearance by Hillary Clinton. But it''s Acxiom, not Marketo, doing the hard part of matching advertising audiences with identified individuals. My main reaction was, what’s new? Fair enough. MORE

The Marketo Roadshow is rolling into town on Thursday, July 30th and we’re happy to be there as Silver Sponsors. Interactive content like quizzes, assessments, surveys, calculators, brackets, and more are content types that allow you to capture valuable information and feed it into your marketing automation system (like Marketo) so you can act in real time. The problem? Start Small. MORE

Last week I attended (and was a presenter at) the Seattle edition of Marketo’s 2012 Social Marketing Rockstar Tour , a roving conference/seminar series being held this summer in cities nationwide. Marketo bills the event as an opportunity to hear, learn, and share advice on B2B social media marketing strategy. The real opportunity is with the friends and networks of those contacts. MORE

Once again, Marketo Summit was a smashing success! Bravo to Marketo for an awesome event, we are already looking forward to next year! Check out the photo slideshow for more event highlights: Marketo Summit 2016 from Captora. The post Memories of Marketo Summit 2016 appeared first on Captora Blog. ToFu Marketo Summit martech SaaS MORE

I often cite marketing automation vendor Marketo as a shining example of a company that gives away great information as a way to promote its business. Marketo recently contacted several B2B social media marketing pros to get their tips on how to generate leads with social platforms. B2B Content Marketing Social Media Marketo They report encouraging results. MORE

Marketo Summit is upon us yet again, and we’re geared up for a fantastic week of networking, learning, and connecting with thousands of data-driven marketers about the power that predictive can have on their businesses. The post Join Infer at Marketo Summit 2016 appeared first on Infer: Predictive Lead Scoring for Sales & Marketing. Optimizing marketing campaign efficacy. MORE

But even if you’ve set up a great marketing automation platform like Marketo and a solid CRM system like Salesforce, there’s still work to be done. While it’s a step in the right direction, “it doesn’t then connect the dots back into Marketo or Salesforce.com for that true 360-[degree] view of the customer.”. Marketo) and the CRM (e.g. What content did they view or download? MORE

Advanced marketing automation systems like Marketo offer some form of attribution but it can be difficult to understand exactly how it compares to other attribution solutions like Bizible. Marketo RCA)? Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics (RCA) is a set of reporting tools that helps marketers analyze their campaigns (i.e. The Type Of Reporting Offered In Marketo RCA. MORE

For the first time, we are making it possible for marketers to engage their customers on any channel–-email, web, social media, digital advertising, and more—all from Marketo. Here’s a look at our new products, unveiled today at the Marketo Marketing Nation™ Summit : Marketo Mobile Engagement : With over 7.2 It’s time to finally break down these silos. MORE

Marketo today announced the launch of Spark , a new brand aimed at small and mid-size business. Functionally, Spark is pretty much identical to the standard Marketo system. Most of these aren’t of interest to small business, and several involve additional charges even for Marketo’s regular packages. Spark starts at $750 per month with no annual contract, compared with Marketo’s $2,000 per month minimum and annual contract for its full-featured Professional Edition. Whether Marketo actually makes any money at this price is questionable. MORE

ANNUITAS Named Finalist for Marketo Revvie Award. ANNUITAS ®, a demand generation strategy and change management firm, has been named a finalist for a Marketo Revvie Award in the Digital Services Partner of the Year Category. Presented by Marketo, the leading marketing software and solutions provider, the Revvie Awards program recognizes companies that effectively use Marketo to attract and engage customers. Marketo users will vote on finalists and the winners will be announced at the Marketo Marketing Nation Summit 2016 in May. MORE

The Marketo User Summit in San Francisco has expanded from the original 2 days to 3 days plus and the event is so jam-packed that it’s important to have a game plan to get the most out of it. Sunday April 7 – If you are a super-nerd like me, you may have signed up for the inaugural Marketo Individual Certification Exam. Plus, you are out of the office and no distractions. MORE

A client confessed recently that one of the reasons his company had selected Marketo as a marketing automation provider was because he was so impressed by their marketing. Quite apart from the merits of their technology, Marketo does indeed have a reputation for (to borrow a time-worn phrase): eating their own dog food. Is this an email design to make art directors swoon? To wit: 1. MORE

Author: Sanjay Dholakia Ten years ago this month, Phil Fernandez, David Morandi, and Jon Miller founded Marketo with one idea: to create a new kind of enterprise software company, one dedicated solely to the needs and mission of today’s marketing professional. Thank you for helping Marketo make the last decade so special. Here’s to the next 10! Modern Marketing b2b Consumer MORE

To help provide a few guideposts, Marketo and the Economist Intelligence Unit have teamed up to see if we can jointly help marketers everywhere navigate this new era. We have talked to some of the brightest minds in marketing around the globe, surveying marketers at companies of all sizes and shapes. Author: Sanjay Dholakia “What a long, strange trip it has been…”. Well, maybe a little. MORE

For example, Marketo users might see links that reference something that looks like: mkto-af53353.com.) It’s well documented that, of the companies who invest in marketing automation, many fail to achieve maximum return from that investment, or even utilize marketing automation technology to its full capacity. Not having a larger strategy/plan for how you plan to use the platform. MORE

So in this fourth blog in the Marketo Institute series, we’re going to look at the next two channel pipeline metrics: win rate and velocity. This image shows win rate across all channels (all Marketo customers). This image shows velocity across all channels (all Marketo customers). The Happy Marketing-to-Sales Handoff. Sales: “Those leads were garbage.”. The Need for Speed. MORE

Marketo is happy to be one of the partners contributing to this vision through our integrations with Facebook that connect the dots between seemingly disparate activities, digitally and offline. For instance, Marketo’s integration with Facebook’s Offline Conversions API allows marketers to connect “offline” conversions, an event not measured by Facebook (e.g. MORE

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, but team SalesPredict is excited to be participating in two important industry events next month: Marketo's Marketing Nation Summit and SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit. Marketo Marketing Nation Summit | Booth #821 May 9-12, 2016 | MGM Grand | Las Vegas, NV | #MKTGnation. April showers bring May.marketing conferences? Will we see you there? MORE

We’re excited to share that Infer Scores are now integrated with Marketo Sales Insights to give more reps visibility into their best-fit prospects so they can close deals faster. Once Infer is configured with your Marketo instance, any administrator can edit the standard setup for Sales Insights. How to Use Infer Scores in Marketo Sales Insights. Click the Sales Insight option. MORE

When I heard word of Marketo’s $50 million round, my immediate response was, “Good for them; better for the industry,” predictable though it may sound. fully expect this round – which, according to industry observers, brings Marketo’s total raise to $107 million – to brighten the spotlight that’s already shining on marketing automation and related categories like revenue performance management. When it comes to Marketo’s funding, the question most observers will ask is: Why did they need to raise $50 million just one year after securing $25 million? MORE

I have just returned from the Marketo Marketing Summit in San Francisco this week where I joined 7,000 other registered attendees from what I believe is now one of the premier B2B (and B2C) marketing events of the year. In the opening keynote by Phil Fernandez and throughout the conference, Marketo made mention of their study with The Economist where marketers ranked their top three priorities, which were. Blog Content Demand Generation Strategy MarketoMarketo Summit people process technology It’s All About The Customer – And Marketing Must Respond. MORE

Today, Marketo announced that they’re standing up for the next generation of marketers. Partnering with Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business , Marketo will be helping to prepare undergrads for this new world of marketing. Students will also have access to Marketo’s customer engagement platform to complete their assignments, and to practice the techniques they learn. MORE

I was reminded today of my own story of professional growth and development. I ran into an old acquaintance at the Marketo Summit here in San Francisco, and as we were catching up on our old CEO I mentioned how much I will always appreciate the fact that he invested in training and professional development for me, as it was that training which really empowered me to grow and mature as a marketer. MORE

I have just returned from the Marketo Marketing Summit in San Francisco this week where I joined 7,000 other registered attendees from what I believe is now one of the premier B2B (and B2C) marketing events of the year. In the opening keynote by Phil Fernandez and throughout the conference, Marketo made mention of their study with The Economist where marketers ranked their top three priorities, which were. Blog Content Demand Generation Strategy MarketoMarketo Summit people process technology It’s All About The Customer – And Marketing Must Respond.

My first question when Marketo announced its new mobile app connector this week wasn’t, “What cool new things can marketers do?” But one of Marketo’s biggest technical weaknesses has always been an inflexible data model. Sure enough, when I finally connected with Marketo SVP Products and Engineering Steve Sloan, he revealed that the mobile data is being managed through a new custom objects capability – one that Marketo didn’t announce prominently because they felt Marketing Nation attendees wouldn’t be interested. Well, maybe a little.)

Marketo held its annual Marketing Nation Summit this week, hosting 4,000+ clients and partners. The event seemed relatively subdued for Marketo – I didn’t spot one costumed character – but the over-all atmosphere was positive. The company made two major product announcements, expanding the reach of Marketo campaigns into mobile apps and display ad retargeting. Those struck me as strategically valuable, helping to secure Marketo’s place at the center of its users’ customer management infrastructure. By that standard, predictive analytics is still far from overcrowded.

social media, data analytics and adwords; and companies such as Marketo and Hubspot. B2B Marketing. processes are fundamentally changing. The first generation of digital natives expects to be able to complete most of their selection process. through their own research, without talking to sales—until late in the journey. They expect content to be relevant, easy to find, and mobile- friendly.

Advanced marketing automation systems like Marketo offer some form of attribution but it can be difficult to understand exactly how it compares to other attribution solutions like Bizible. Marketo RCA)? Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics (RCA) is a set of reporting tools that helps marketers analyze their campaigns (i.e. The Type Of Reporting Offered In Marketo RCA.

Marketo wrapped up its three day Marketing Nation conference yesterday, having once more displayed its own marketing prowess by attracting national media attention (see here and here ) with an appearance by Hillary Clinton. But it''s Acxiom, not Marketo, doing the hard part of matching advertising audiences with identified individuals. My main reaction was, what’s new? Fair enough.

Once again, Marketo Summit was a smashing success! Bravo to Marketo for an awesome event, we are already looking forward to next year! Check out the photo slideshow for more event highlights: Marketo Summit 2016 from Captora. The post Memories of Marketo Summit 2016 appeared first on Captora Blog. ToFu Marketo Summit martech SaaS

Last week I attended (and was a presenter at) the Seattle edition of Marketo’s 2012 Social Marketing Rockstar Tour , a roving conference/seminar series being held this summer in cities nationwide. Marketo bills the event as an opportunity to hear, learn, and share advice on B2B social media marketing strategy. The real opportunity is with the friends and networks of those contacts.

ANNUITAS Named Finalist for Marketo Revvie Award. ANNUITAS ®, a demand generation strategy and change management firm, has been named a finalist for a Marketo Revvie Award in the Digital Services Partner of the Year Category. Presented by Marketo, the leading marketing software and solutions provider, the Revvie Awards program recognizes companies that effectively use Marketo to attract and engage customers. Marketo users will vote on finalists and the winners will be announced at the Marketo Marketing Nation Summit 2016 in May.

Author: Sanjay Dholakia Ten years ago this month, Phil Fernandez, David Morandi, and Jon Miller founded Marketo with one idea: to create a new kind of enterprise software company, one dedicated solely to the needs and mission of today’s marketing professional. Thank you for helping Marketo make the last decade so special. Here’s to the next 10! Modern Marketing b2b Consumer

Today, Marketo announced that they’re standing up for the next generation of marketers. Partnering with Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business , Marketo will be helping to prepare undergrads for this new world of marketing. Students will also have access to Marketo’s customer engagement platform to complete their assignments, and to practice the techniques they learn.

social media, data analytics and adwords; and companies such as Marketo and Hubspot. B2B Marketing. processes are fundamentally changing. The first generation of digital natives expects to be able to complete most of their selection process. through their own research, without talking to sales—until late in the journey. They expect content to be relevant, easy to find, and mobile- friendly.

I was reminded today of my own story of professional growth and development. I ran into an old acquaintance at the Marketo Summit here in San Francisco, and as we were catching up on our old CEO I mentioned how much I will always appreciate the fact that he invested in training and professional development for me, as it was that training which really empowered me to grow and mature as a marketer.

Advanced marketing automation systems like Marketo offer some form of attribution but it can be difficult to understand exactly how it compares to other attribution solutions like Bizible. Marketo RCA)? Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics (RCA) is a set of reporting tools that helps marketers analyze their campaigns (i.e. The Type Of Reporting Offered In Marketo RCA.

Marketo wrapped up its three day Marketing Nation conference yesterday, having once more displayed its own marketing prowess by attracting national media attention (see here and here ) with an appearance by Hillary Clinton. But it''s Acxiom, not Marketo, doing the hard part of matching advertising audiences with identified individuals. My main reaction was, what’s new? Fair enough.

Once again, Marketo Summit was a smashing success! Bravo to Marketo for an awesome event, we are already looking forward to next year! Check out the photo slideshow for more event highlights: Marketo Summit 2016 from Captora. The post Memories of Marketo Summit 2016 appeared first on Captora Blog. ToFu Marketo Summit martech SaaS

Marketo is happy to be one of the partners contributing to this vision through our integrations with Facebook that connect the dots between seemingly disparate activities, digitally and offline. For instance, Marketo’s integration with Facebook’s Offline Conversions API allows marketers to connect “offline” conversions, an event not measured by Facebook (e.g.

And in our short history, it sure seems like people want Marketo. First, we heard customers in the UK asking for our technology; in 2011 we took the international plunge and hung the first global Marketo shingle up in Dublin. Needless to say, that shift plays right into Marketo’s hands. Read the full press release on Marketo’s Japanese expansion here.

But the good folks at Marketo have taken a step in that direction with their latest enhancement, which they call an “engagement program”. The system will go through the content in this order during each execution (which Marketo calls a “cast”), and send each person the first item they have not already received. This is something Marketo might want to reconsider.

The Marketo User Summit in San Francisco has expanded from the original 2 days to 3 days plus and the event is so jam-packed that it’s important to have a game plan to get the most out of it. Sunday April 7 – If you are a super-nerd like me, you may have signed up for the inaugural Marketo Individual Certification Exam. Plus, you are out of the office and no distractions.

social media, data analytics and adwords; and companies such as Marketo and Hubspot. B2B Marketing. processes are fundamentally changing. The first generation of digital natives expects to be able to complete most of their selection process. through their own research, without talking to sales—until late in the journey. They expect content to be relevant, easy to find, and mobile- friendly.

Thousands of attendees are eagerly anticipating a trip to Vegas for Marketo Summit 2016. What this Year’s Marketo Summit Means For Marketing Technology. Going along with this year’s Marketo Summit theme we wanted to explore the firmographics of the sponsors and exhibitors to get a glimpse of where the future of marketing technology is heading. click to view larger).

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, but team SalesPredict is excited to be participating in two important industry events next month: Marketo's Marketing Nation Summit and SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit. Marketo Marketing Nation Summit | Booth #821 May 9-12, 2016 | MGM Grand | Las Vegas, NV | #MKTGnation. April showers bring May.marketing conferences? Will we see you there?

Marketo Summit is upon us yet again, and we’re geared up for a fantastic week of networking, learning, and connecting with thousands of data-driven marketers about the power that predictive can have on their businesses. The post Join Infer at Marketo Summit 2016 appeared first on Infer: Predictive Lead Scoring for Sales & Marketing. Optimizing marketing campaign efficacy.

The Marketo Roadshow is rolling into town on Thursday, July 30th and we’re happy to be there as Silver Sponsors. Interactive content like quizzes, assessments, surveys, calculators, brackets, and more are content types that allow you to capture valuable information and feed it into your marketing automation system (like Marketo) so you can act in real time. The problem? Start Small.

This year, Marketo is going big. We are hosting 10+ sessions featuring marketing thought leaders from organizations like My Fitness Pal, The Economist, Kaiser Permanente, Mashable, and of course, Marketo! And to learn more about what Marketo has in store for SXSW check out our microsite. Author: Dayna Rothman We can’t wait for SXSW! View the infographic in a new window here.

I often cite marketing automation vendor Marketo as a shining example of a company that gives away great information as a way to promote its business. Marketo recently contacted several B2B social media marketing pros to get their tips on how to generate leads with social platforms. B2B Content Marketing Social Media Marketo They report encouraging results.

We’re excited to share that Infer Scores are now integrated with Marketo Sales Insights to give more reps visibility into their best-fit prospects so they can close deals faster. Once Infer is configured with your Marketo instance, any administrator can edit the standard setup for Sales Insights. How to Use Infer Scores in Marketo Sales Insights. Click the Sales Insight option.

The leaders quadrant in this sector is quite crowded, with Act-On , Eloqua , Pardot , and Marketo all jostling for position. Act-On, Pardot, and Genius specialize in smaller companies than Marketo or Silverpop, which in turn serve generally smaller clients than Eloqua or Neolane. Today I’ll present the third and (mercifully?) They have one to fifteen marketing automation users.

At Marketo, we recently decided to restart our social storytelling and are going back to page 1 of our social storybook—without any jargon. We realize that some people may not know what we mean when we say that Marketo is the “best in class engagement marketing platform”. Texts From Marketo. Author: Shanna Cook I’m not reinventing social, I’m just going back to page 1.

Marketo this morning announced a new $50 million funding round, almost exactly one year to the day after raising $25 million in November 2010. All this new information begs for an update of the analysis of Marketo’s finances that I prepared last year. I won’t go into the same details, but the key figures for 2010 and 2011 are: This is good news, in that Marketo has managed to increase the all-important Revenue per Client figure. Remember that Marketo said it has $70 million cash on hand? marketo funding marketing automation industryThere’s some truth to that.

Today we’re excited to announce that we’ve expanded our partnership Marketo to help companies jump-start their ABM initiatives. InsideView is one of a few select Marketo ABM launch partners that will team up to bring ABM solutions to the market. Market Intelligence ABM ABM acceleration ABM tips account based marketing insideview partnership marketo abm marketo partnership sales and marketing alignmentReady to launch an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy, but not sure where to start? With […].

For the first time, we are making it possible for marketers to engage their customers on any channel–-email, web, social media, digital advertising, and more—all from Marketo. Here’s a look at our new products, unveiled today at the Marketo Marketing Nation™ Summit : Marketo Mobile Engagement : With over 7.2 It’s time to finally break down these silos.

To answer this question, we caught up with Marketo’s internal thought leaders to hear about the changes they anticipate in the coming year and how they think marketers can prepare. Download the Marketing Predictions slide deck and jumpstart your 2015 preparations: Marketo’s 2015 Marketing Predictions from Marketo. Instead, the marketer will drive the relationship.

Marketo today announced the launch of Spark , a new brand aimed at small and mid-size business. Functionally, Spark is pretty much identical to the standard Marketo system. Most of these aren’t of interest to small business, and several involve additional charges even for Marketo’s regular packages. Spark starts at $750 per month with no annual contract, compared with Marketo’s $2,000 per month minimum and annual contract for its full-featured Professional Edition. Whether Marketo actually makes any money at this price is questionable.

Introducing Marketo’s Email Lookbook for Spring/Summer 2014 was posted at Marketo Marketing Blog - Best Practices and Thought Leadership. | [link]. Author: Dayna Rothman A really good email is often the difference between a click-through and a direct route into the spam folder. That’s why we have compiled a collection of our favorite emails for our Spring/Summer 2014 Email Lookbook.

So in this fourth blog in the Marketo Institute series, we’re going to look at the next two channel pipeline metrics: win rate and velocity. This image shows win rate across all channels (all Marketo customers). This image shows velocity across all channels (all Marketo customers). The Happy Marketing-to-Sales Handoff. Sales: “Those leads were garbage.”. The Need for Speed.

A client confessed recently that one of the reasons his company had selected Marketo as a marketing automation provider was because he was so impressed by their marketing. Quite apart from the merits of their technology, Marketo does indeed have a reputation for (to borrow a time-worn phrase): eating their own dog food. Is this an email design to make art directors swoon? To wit: 1.

When I heard word of Marketo’s $50 million round, my immediate response was, “Good for them; better for the industry,” predictable though it may sound. fully expect this round – which, according to industry observers, brings Marketo’s total raise to $107 million – to brighten the spotlight that’s already shining on marketing automation and related categories like revenue performance management. When it comes to Marketo’s funding, the question most observers will ask is: Why did they need to raise $50 million just one year after securing $25 million?

For example, Marketo users might see links that reference something that looks like: mkto-af53353.com.) It’s well documented that, of the companies who invest in marketing automation, many fail to achieve maximum return from that investment, or even utilize marketing automation technology to its full capacity. Not having a larger strategy/plan for how you plan to use the platform.

But even if you’ve set up a great marketing automation platform like Marketo and a solid CRM system like Salesforce, there’s still work to be done. While it’s a step in the right direction, “it doesn’t then connect the dots back into Marketo or Salesforce.com for that true 360-[degree] view of the customer.”. Marketo) and the CRM (e.g. What content did they view or download?

As Thanksgiving approaches, I’m pretty thankful for SnapApp’s integration with Marketo. Maybe, but considering how much I’m in Marketo, and how much I think about ways my campaigns can engage prospects – it’s really not that weird. SnapApp’s REST API can read Marketo cookies! Check out this awesome Marketo LaunchPoint webinar with Marketo/SnapApp customer Cisco.

To help provide a few guideposts, Marketo and the Economist Intelligence Unit have teamed up to see if we can jointly help marketers everywhere navigate this new era. We have talked to some of the brightest minds in marketing around the globe, surveying marketers at companies of all sizes and shapes. Author: Sanjay Dholakia “What a long, strange trip it has been…”. Well, maybe a little.

Introducing Marketo Institute. Marketo Institute was started in 2014 by Marketo Co-founder Jon Miller. His vision was to gather data across all Marketo customers and provide marketers with fact-based insights and data-driven best practices to help them succeed in an ever-changing digital world. This scene often feels too familiar: You: Yes! Your Boss: Is that good?